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Finding Aid of the Tony Hillerman Photograph Collection, 1928-2000University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for Southwest ResearchEmail: cswrref@unm.eduURL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/ © 2007, 2016 The University of New Mexico
BiographyTony Hillerman, writer and teacher, was born May 27, 1925 in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. He grew up in this rural community, joined the army when the United Stated entered World War II, and served two years in Europe. He returned to Oklahoma and received a BA from the University of Oklahoma in 1946. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Texas and Oklahoma, and in New Mexico from 1952 until 1962, when he came to the University of New Mexico as a graduate student in English. Hillerman received his MA in 1966 and became a professor of journalism, serving as department chair 1967-74. He retired from teaching in 1986. Hillerman continued writing until his death, October 26, 2008, in Albuquerque, New Mexico of pulmonary failure. Scope and ContentThis collection contains formal and informal photographs of author Tony Hillerman and others, along with places, southwest landscapes, and events, from the late 1920s to approximately 2000. The majority of the photographs of Hillerman are anonymous, with the notable exception of Series 4, photographed by Barney Hillerman, and a few author portraits stamped with photographer or studio information. Many of the personal photographs have been published in biographies of Hillerman. Contact sheets present positive prints of most of the 35mm slides, transparencies, and negatives. Further, the slides and negatives are generally also represented as photographic prints. The collection is arranged into 6 series. Series 1 is the original accession, photographic material separated from the Papers. Series 2 contains photographs of Hillerman in individual and group settings. Series 3 contains places and landscapes. Series 4 is a series of Hillerman Country landscapes. Series 5 are 35mm slide positives and 3x4 negative and positive transparencies. Series 6 includes oversize items. RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThe collection is open for research. Copy RestrictionsDuplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist. Preferred CitationTony Hillerman Photograph Collection (PICT 000-501), Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico Separated MaterialPhotographs separated from the Tony Hillerman Papers. Related MaterialVisit the Tony Hillerman Portal for digital content and other resources. Access TermsAcoma (N.M.) -- Pictorial works Authors, American -- New Mexico -- 20th century Erosion -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Fishing -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Four Corners Region -- Pictorial works Journalists -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Laguna (N.M.) -- Pictorial works Landscapes -- Arizona -- Pictorial works Landscapes -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Roads -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Contents ListSeries 1, Original Accession, circa 1952-1989
Series 2, Photographs of Tony Hillerman and Others, circa
1928-1995
Series 3, Places, circa 1990
Series 4, Photos by Hillerman, circa 1991
Series 5, Slides and transparencies, undated
Series 6, Oversize items, undated
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